At the time of writing Europe is the epicentre of the Coronavirus pandemic with daily death rate climbing in Italy, Spain and the UK. Based on the news from China,…
Category: Scenarios
Decarbonisation and the oil industry
In recent years, and particularly the last 12 months, the news has been filled with reports detailing the climate crisis facing the world. Greta Thunberg’s school strikes have hit a…
Brexit: Scenarios for a future UK-EU trade deal
With the Conservatives winning an overall majority it now seems likely that Boris Johnson will achieve his objective of “getting Brexit done”, and the UK will presumably leave the EU…
10 (still) uncomfortable truths about Brexit
The Government talks about “getting Brexit done” as it tries to create a momentum behind the revised Johnson proposal with the EU. Having lost in the House of Commons last…
Climate Emergency: feedback loops and tipping points
In the first two posts on the climate emergency, we covered projections of the impacts of global heating on sea and on land. Obviously the modelling involved in producing these…
Will the 21st Century Be African? Part 5 – Economy
In previous blogs, we have looked at how African Society might change in the 21st century, at how technology will affect Africa, and the big environmental issues Africa faces. In this blog we…